Machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties.



No. 760,100. PATENTED MAY 17, 1904.

. v B. VON BLTZINGSLWEN. MACHINE FOR BENDING THE CROSS HEADS AND EYES 0E WIRE BALB TIES.

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. B. VON BLTZINGSLWEN. MACHINE EUR BENDING THE GROSS HEADS AND EYES OP WIRE BALE TIES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1903.

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MACHINE FOR BENDING THE CROSS HEADS AND EYES 0F WIRE BALE TIES. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 1a, 1903.

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B, YON BLTZINGSLWEN. MACHINE POR BENDING THE CROSS HEADS AND EYES 0F WIRE BALB TIB-S.

APPLICATION FILED BBPT,.18. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 17, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

BRUNO VON BETZI'NGSLWEN, `OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSlG-NOR OF ONE HALF TO THEODOR SAUER, OF NEVlfr YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR BENDING THE CROSS-HEADS AND EYES F WIRE BALE-TIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,100, dated May 17, 1904.

Application tiled September 18, 1903. Serial No. 173,713. (No model.)

To all who/'rb 'llt mfr/y concern:

Be it known that I, BRUNO voN BLTZINGS- LWEN, a citizen of the Empire of Germany, residing in New York, borough or' the Bronx, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Machines for Bending the Cross-Heads and Eyes of VVii-e Bale-Ties, oi' which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties in such a manner that alternately the end oi' one wire-blank is bent into the form of a cross-head, while the end oi' another blank is bent into the form oi' an eye, the alternating operation oi' the cross-head or eye bending devices being produced by an automatically-operated power-shifting mechanism, which is located between said bending devices and which also operates, in connection with the same, suitable wire-clamping, shanktwisting, and ejecting devices, so that the iinished bale-ties are alternately ejected at opposite sides of the machine; and for this purpose the invention consists, primarily, of the combination, with the cross -head and eye bending devices, the operating-shafts of which are located sidewise of and parallel with each other, of an intermediate automatically-operated powershifting mechanism, by which the cross-head and eye bending devices are alten nately operated.

The invention consists, Jfurther, of the combination, with the automatically operated power-shifting mechanism, or' cross-head and eye bending devices.l mechanisms for clamping the shanks of the cross-heads and eyes, mechanisms for twisting the Shanks, and mechanisms for ejecting the wire bale-ties to one side or the other ot' the machine after they are bent; and the invention consists, lastly, of certain details or' construction and combination of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

1n the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view ot' my improved machinei'or bending the cross-heads and eyes ot' wire bale-ties. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of l Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in 50 longitudinal section on a plane midway between the cross-head and eye bending devices. i Fig. L is a vertical longitudinal section on line 4 4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section through the motion-transmitting shait oi' the cross-head or eye bending devices, drawn on a larger scale. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section on line 6 6, Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a detail side View oi' the compound cam by which motion is transmitted to the operative parts of the machine. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the cam shown in Fig. 7. Fig.

9 is a vertical transverse section online 9 9, Fig.

3. Fig. 10 is a detail side view ot' the oscillatinglever for actuating the poivrer-transmitting mechanisms for the shank-twisting devices. Fig. 11 is a detail end elevation oi' the wireblank-clamping mechanisms, showing it from the inside. Fig. 12 is a sectional side elevation of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a plan view oi' the same. Fig. 14: is a detail side view of one of the clampinglevers oi' the wire-clamping mechanisms shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 15 is an end elevation oi the clamping mechanisms and ejecting devices shown from the outer side. Figs. 1.6 and 17 are details of one of the ejecting devices. Figs. 18 and 19 are respectively a detail horizontal section on line 18 18 and a vertical transverse section on line 19 19, Fig. 16, of the ejecting device. Fig. 20 is a detail .SO vertical transverse section oi' the set of shifting heads for the clamping devices. Fig. 21 is a side elevation, drawn on a Vlarger scale and partly in section through the supportingbridge ofthe power-shifting mechanism. Fig. 22 is a plan View oi the main set of shifting heads 0i' the power-shifting mechanism. Fig. 23 is a detail plan view showing the connection oi' the power-shifting mechanisms with the wire-blank-clamping devices. i Fig. 24 is a detail plan view of the device for alternately shifting the power Jfrom the cross-head-bend ing device to the eye-bending device, and vice` versa. Fig. 25 is a vertical transverse section on line 25 25, Fig. 24. Fig. 26 is a detail side elevation oi' the cross-head-bending device.. showing the same in normal or starting position before the beginning of the bending op,-

eration. same device, showing it in position at the cnd of the bending operation. Figs. 28 and 29 are respectively an end elevation of Fig. 26 and a vertical transverse section on line 29 29, Fig. 27, of the cross-head-bending mechanism. Fig. 30 is a detail plan view of the main bending-lever of the cross-head-bending device. Fig. 31 is a side view of a cross-head after the same is finished by its bending device. Fig. 32 is a side elevation of the cross-head-bending device, showing it from the opposite side. Fig. 33 is a side elevation of the eye-bending device, showing it in normal position `before the bendingoperation. Fig. 34 is a side elevation of the same at the end of the eye-bending operation. Fig. 35 is an end elevation of the eye-bending device. Fig. 36 is a vertical transverse section of the same on line 36 36, Fig. 33; and Fig. 37 is a side view of the eye of a wire bale-tie after the same is bent by its bending device.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

By the machine for bending the crossheads and eyes of wire bale-ties for which I have made an application for Letters Patent on April 16, 1902, Serial No. 103,119, either the cross-head orthe eye of a wire-blank could be bent into proper shape by means of suitable bending devices operated by a treadleoperated power mechanism. The cross-headbending devices were further improved by me, and described and claimed in a second application, tiled April 21, 1903, Serial No. 153,678. The main features of these applications are rembodied in my present application in connection with certain improvements on the cross-head and eye bending devices; but instead of being operated by a foot-operated treadle they are operated automatically in connection with a power-shifting device by which the cross-head or eye bending devices,

which are arranged sidewise of each other,`

are alternately operated by the power-shifting device, said shifting device transmitting automatically power to one bending device or to the other, so as to complete either a crosshead or an eye at the end of the wire-blank and then eject automatically the so-bent blanks at one side or the other of the machine. The operating-shafts of the cross-head and eye bending devices are arranged parallel with each other on a supporting-table A and suliiciently apart toprovide for the arrangement of the power-shifting device between said shafts, the essential parts of the machine being the cross-head-bending device, the eye bending device, the shifting device by which the power is transmitted alternately from the shaft of the cross-head-bending device to the shaft of the eye-bending device, and vice versa, means for clamping the Shanks of the cross-head or eye, means for twisting them for completing the cross -head or eye, and

Fig. 27 is a side elevation of the` means for alternately ejecting the bale-ties after the cross-head or eye is completed at opposite sides of the machine.

The c'roSs-warZ-bemh'ng (Zamba-To lugs a on the upper side of the supporting-table A is fulcrumed a rocking lever K, which carries at its forked upper end a laterally-shifting` gagement with the shafts C C by suitable spline connections. Cn the left-hand flanges of the sleeves B and B are arranged earsb and which by means of pivot-link connections serve for operating the primary bendinglevers of the cross-head or eye bending mechanisms. To the end of the shaft C is applied a circular head C2, which carries aforwardly-S projecting plate E, on which the parts of the cross-head-bending mechanism are mounted. To the plate E is centrally pivoted the arm E2, to which the raised primary bending-lever E is attached, said lever being bent at an obtuse angle, so as to correspond with the angle of the cross-head toward the wire-blank .a to be bent. The arm E2 is attached to a pivot E3, which is journaled in the plate E, as shown in Figs. 26 and 30. A pin e' projects centrally from the forward end of the pivot E3, while a pinion E4, that is engaged by a mutilated gear-wheel E5, is keyed to the opposite end of the pivot E3. The mutilated gear-Wheel is pivoted to the plate E and rotated by the forward motion of the sliding sleeve B through the medium of a pivot-link 712, connecting the ear with the crank b3 of the gear-.wheel E5. A second or hook-bending lever F is fulcrumed to a pivot f on the lower part of the plate E and provided with a hook-bending projection or die j", by which the wire-blank is bent around a stationary pin e on the plate E, so as to form the hook of the cross-head. The pin e is applied by a carrier e0, which is beveled at its front edge for permitting the unobstructed entrance of the wire-blank when inserted into the cross-head-bending device. A convex portion or cam-surface f3 on the hook-bending lever F serves to operate a third bending-lever E, which is pivoted to the plate E against the tension of a leaf-spring c5, said lever Ebeing pivoted to the lower part of the plate E below the bending-lever E as shown clearly in Figs. 26 and 27. The left-hand end of the bending-lever F`is provided with a recessed lug f2, by which the end of the wire-blank e', which is bent back over the blank by the bending-lever E', is taken hold of, so as to secure the blank and the bentover end of the cross-head in proper position IOO ` described later on.

by the clamping mechanism which will be The hook-bending lever F is `operated by a pivot-link 5', which connects its lower end or crankwith one of the ears Z) on the flange of the sliding sleeve B. The primary bending-lever E is provided at its outer end with a longitudinal groove @l2 for receiving the end or' the wire-blank when the same is inserted into the bending devices and into a recess in the end of the shai't l), while a cheek e, attached to `one side of the bending-lever E', serves for actuating a latch e, that is arranged at the end of the plate E, said latch being under the `tension of a flat spring et, as shown in Figs. 28 and 32. The latch, in connection with the cheek e on the bending-lever E', holds the wire-blank .e in position during the bending actionof the primary bending-lever E' until the outer end of the same enters into the recessed lug f 2 at the end or' the lever F, as shown clearly in Fi-gp27: In addition to the cheek e" on the primary bending-lever E is arranged near its pivot, but on the side opposite to the cheek e, a keeper e7, which during the bending back of the end of the Wire-blank is moved over the hook-shaped portion of the cross-head, so as to hold the same in position on its bending-pin a and keep the cross-head in a plane parallel with the plate E, as shown in Fig. 27. Alongside of the second bending-lever F is arranged an oblong keeper e, which extends sidewise of the hook of the cross-head, while the same i is bent so as to hold it in position on its bending-pin and prevent it from becoming detached romthe bending devices. rlhe joint operation of the primary bending-lever E', the fulcrumed hook -bending lever F, the bendinglever E, and the keepers e, c7, and e produces, in connectionfwith the hook-bending pins e e the formation of the cross-head as show-n in Fig. 27. On the plate Eis arranged above the end ot' the second bending-lever E a pusher e, which passes through the plateE and which is set to tension at the opposite side ofthe same by a liat spring el". rlhe forked upper end of the spring @1 engages a circular groove on the rear end of thefpusher, as shown in Fig. 28. The rear end of the pusher e is beveled and engaged by the beveled edge of a downwardly-extending arm c on the elbowshaped operating-'crank L of the mutilated pinion e5, as shown in Fig. 28, so that the beveled edge engages the rear end of the pusher at the proper time ai'ter the crosshead-bending devices are returned from their bending position into their normal or starting position, so that the pusher e is moved sidewise and releases the bent cross-'head from the bending-pins ready for the action of the ejecting devices. When the cross-head-hending operation is completed, the wire-blank and the overlapping bentover end oi' the crosshead are {irmly gripped by a clamping device preparatory to the twisting operation that is `to be imparted to the shank of lthe crosshead. The clamping device is arranged at the end of the table A in line with the crosshead-bending devices and consists of an upright standard A'r, which is attached at its lower end 'to the table A, and a clamping'- `cheek G, pivoted to the standard, as shown in Fig. l1. The upper end of the standard A5 is recessed at its inner face, so as to form a die g, which forms, in connection with a similar recess or die g on the clamping-cheek G, the support i'or the shank oi' the cross-head. rlhe upper end oi' the clamping-cheek G is connected by a helical spring g2 with a pin g3 at the center oi' the supporting-standard A, so as to be held normally away from the die g of the'standard A5. Oscillating motion is imparted at the proper time tothe clamping- `cheek G by a fulerumed lever g, which is connected by a pivot-link gi with a verticallyiguided slide-rod G2, that is actuated in con- `nection with the power-shifting mechanism `to be hereinafter described, so as to apply an antifriction-roller g at the lower end of the lever g* to the clamping-cheek G on the lowering of the slide-rod G2. The slide-rod G2 l is guided by means of slots 07 on headed studs `g" on the standard A5 and passed through an `opening in the table A to some distance below the same. The slide-rod and the parts connected therewith are returned into their, `normal position by helical springs G3. To lthe standard A5 is attached by an arm gg a longitudinally-grooved guide-socket g1", which serves for guiding the Wire-blank e when the lsame is inserted into the bending devices, the groove of said socket being `located in line and in the same vertical plane with the dies g g when they are in their closed position. 'lhese parts are clearly shown in Figs. 11 `to 14.

The Veye-Zwilling wicca-The eye-bendingV `devices are shown in Figs. 33 to 36. Theyare supported on the head C3 of the shaft C, 1 sidewise of the cross-head-bending devi ces, and `consist of a supporting-plate EX, an eye-bending lever E7, that is centrally pivoted to the TOO `plate EX similar to the primary bending-lever E of the cross-head-bending device, and intermediate motion transmitting mechanism for the lever E7, consisting of a mutilated gear-wheel E8 and a pinion E", 4which are actuated by the sliding sleeve B' on-the shaft C', and an intermediate pivot-link 612, connecting the ear u on the sleeve B with the crank 0l of the-mutilated gear-wheel E". The eye-bending'leverE7 is provided with a keeper El", that projects over the wire-blank and holds it in position While its end is bent around the projecting' centerpin ex of the pivot oi' the lever, as shown in Fig. 34. The plate EX is provided at its front end in line with the i'ace of the bending-lever `E7 with a cheek E, which is grooved at its upper edgeand rounded oil at its front corner, so as to permit the easy insertion of the blank z and give a proper support for the same during the bending operation. When the end of the wire-blank a' has been bent around the center pin, as shown in Fig. 34, the shank ofj the eye thus formed is taken hold of by a secondl set of clamping devices g G g', which are inline with the eyebending devices and are of the same construction as the clamping vdevices for the crosshead. The shank of the eye is then firmly held in position by the clamping devices ready for the twisting motion'which is imparted to the shaft of the eye-bending devices by the automatic action of the machine.

The slumetwfisz'ng mec/Lamkin. -The twisting operation of the shanks y of thecrossheads or eyes is accomplished by the following mechanism: On the main shaft C of the cross-head-bendingdevices is mounted a loose pulley P, which is thrown at the proper time into operative connection with said shaft by asuitable clutch device p, asv shown in-Figs. l and 3. The pulley P receives continuous rotary motion by a belt from an overhead power-shaft and transmits it by a sprocketwheel w and a sprocket-chain w to a loose sprocket-wheel @02 on the shaft C and by a third sprocket-Wheel w3, to an intermediate shaft S, which is supported in bearingsl at the under side of the table A, as shown in Figs. 1 and 9. An adjustable idler w keeps the sprocket-chain w taut, so that continuous rotary motion is imparted to the different sprocket-wheels w, 102, and w3. On the oppositel end of the shaftS is mounted abevel-pinion fw, which meshes with a loose bevel gear-wheel '107 on the outer end of a shaft S', that is supported at right angles to the shaft S,the bevel gear-wheel Q07 being thrown into mesh with the shaft S by a spring-cushioned clutch 29', as shown in Fig. 6, which is operated by a foot-operated treadle mechanism whenever the machine is to be operated. On the inner end of Vthe shaft S is mounted a compound cam N, by which the lever K and the crosshead and eye-bending devices are actuated. The sprocket-chain w and the sprocket-wheels w, wz, and w3 are kept continuously in motion as long as the belt is onthe pulley P. The rear ends of the main shafts C and C are made tubular, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and provided with shiftable rodsrn., which areconnected by transverse coupling-pins m with the sliding sleeves B3 B4 on the shaft C C. On the rear ends of the shafts C and C are mounted sliding sleeves B5 B, which are also connected by coupling-pins m2 with the shafts C C. The flanges of the sliding sleeves B5 BG adjacent to the standards A2 and A4 are provided at their lower parts with holes mwhich are held in engagement with stationary pins m4 on said standards, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, by the tension of helical springs m5, which are interposed between the hubs of the slidingsleeves B3 and Bf, the hub of the powerpulley P on the shaft C and a collar mx yon the shaft C/, as shown in Fig. 5. The clutch member of the sprocket-wheel co2 and the sliding sleeve Bi are adapted to be coupled by a coupling device p2, so as to impartV rotary motion to the shaft C whenever the sliding sleeve B4 is coupled to thehub of the sprocket-wheel 202. In both cases, `whether the sliding sleeve B3or the sliding sleeve B4 is coupled to the hub of the pulleyPor the hub of the sprocket-wheel wz, the slidingsleeve B5 or the sliding sleeve BG on the rear ends of the shafts C or C is shifted by their connecting-rods m and coupled by clutch devices p3 p4 with loose sprocket-wheels w8 w on the rear` ends of the shafts/C C, so that rotary motion is transmitted from either sprocket-wheel w8 or w9 by 'a sprocket-chain w10 to a fast sprocket-wheel wu on the shaft S2. Thesprocket-chain ww is kept taut by an adjustable idler w12 in the same manner as the sprocket-chain w. The ratio between the teeth of the sprocket-wheels ws'and fw and the teeth of the sprocket-wheel 'w11 is one to three, so that for each rotation of the larger sprocket wheel wu three rotations of the sprocket-wheels w8 and w, and consequently three rotations to the shaft C or C' are imparted. This produces three rotations of the cross-head or eye bending devices, and consequently, as their shanks are held by one of the clamping devices, three twists to the same, as shown in Figs. 3l and 37. The powertransmitting mechanisms for the shank-twisting devices are called into operation by the action of the compound cam N and the oscillating motion of the lever K imparted thereby, said oscillating lever producing by the action of the power-shifting mechanism and intermediate couplings either the shifting of the sliding sleeve B3 into mesh with the pulley Por the shifting of the sliding sleeve Bl into meshwith the clutch member of the sprocketwheel M2, and thereby by the sprocket-wheel and chain transmissions either three rotations of the shaft C or of the shaft C and three corresponding twists to the Shanks of the crosshead or eye just bent by their bending devices. The required oscillating motion is imparted tothe levers K and K at the proper time by the compound cam N as soon as rotary motion is transmitted to the shaft S of the same by the clutch p and bevel gear-wheel w?. The compound cam N performs four different functions: First, by an antifriction-roller n on .its face it engages theJ lower end of the fulcrumed lever K, by which the cross-head and eye bending devices are operated; secondly, by a lug n projecting from the'same, it engages van elbow-lever K2, by which the lever K and the friction-clutches on the main shafts C C are thrown into action, so as to produce the twisting of the Shanks of the cross-heads or eyes; thirdly, by a second projecting lug n2, which engages the lug n of a horizontally-guided slide-piece n4, carrying IOO IIO

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an antifriction-roller a5, the lever K is returned positively into its normal or starting position withoutrequiring a return-spring tor this purpose, and, fourthly, by a segmentalportion n3 on the circumference of the cam the wire-clamping devices are actuated at the proper time so as to hold the shank of the crosshead or eye firmly in position for the shanktwisting operation. The elbow-lever K2, which is acted upon by the lug n', is fulcrumed to a lower end of the lever K', as shown in Figs.`

3 and 9, while the slide-piece n? is guided in dovetailed guideways of a bracket nwhich is attached to the under side of the table A, as shown in. Figs. 2, 3, and 6. The oscillatory motion of the lever .K produced by the roller a carries the slide-piece 01.4 and its friction-roller n along, Vas shown in dotted lines in Fig. `3, while the lug 01.2, acting on the lug n of the slide-piece ai, returns the slide-piece and by the roller 'a5 the lever K into its initial position ready for the next action of the compound cam N. The segmental portion n3 of the cam N acts on an antifriction-roller n, of a lever nl", which is fulcrumed to a bracket-plate n at thev under side of the tableA, (shown in Fig. 2,) the opposite end of said lever being connected byl a pivot-linka? with a spring-actuated lever 11.13, that is also fulcrumed to the bracket-plate n and that carries in its opposite end a laterally-shifting rod um, the enlarged heads n.15 of which are engaged by a U -shaped keeper or bail nl, (shown in Figs. 2, `3, 1l, and 21,) that is connected with and shifted by the power-shifting device, so as to actuate either the clamping device of the cross-head or the clamping device of the eye-bending mechanism. The lug n of the cam N acts o n the tapering end of the fulcrumed elbow-leverK2, so as to swing the same into the position shown in' dotted lines in Fig. 3, and serves Vto oscillate the lever K', so that its upper end throws the clutch p into mesh with the hub ofi the pulley l or the clutch p into mesh with the clutch member of the sprocket-wheel Q02. By the oscillation of the lever K a pin fue, supported on the same by an adjustable keeper on, is withdrawn from a socket m7 in a disk M, so that the latter can follow the-rotations imparted to it bythe shaft of the sprocket-wheel w11, causing the disk M to make one rotation, so as to impart by the sprocket transmission w10 and w or w three full twists to the shank of the cross-head or eye. When the disk M has completed its rotation, the pin m5 is returned, by the tension of the helical spring m8 acting on the lower end of the lever K', into engagement with the socket m7 and simultaneously therewith the flange of the sliding sleeve B5 or B into engagement with the stop-pin mi* on the standard A2 or A, so that the shaft C or C is locked into proper position for holdon the ends of the rod on ing the cross-head or eye bending devices on the front end of the same in vertical position and in yproper alinement with the wire-blank holding and clamping devices.

The poc/Jer s/Lz: frein/ r1 mec/artista The power-shifting mechanism is shown in detail in Figs. 21 to 25. It is located between the shafts C and C and supported on atransverse bridge A, connecting the standards A A3. The bridge Ai is formed of an upper end and a lower plate,- bctween which an open space is formed. The power-shifting mechanism is operated'by the fulcrumed lever K, the forked upper end of which carries a laterally-shifting rod fr, provided with enlarged heads r2, as shown in Figs. 10, 22, 23, and 24, said heads being capable of turning freely on collars r4 At the center of the laterally-shifting rod fr intermediately between the forked end of the lever K is arranged a collar r, which carries a pin fr, which extends above and below. the'collar of and locks it to the rod fr, so as to move laterally with the same. To the upper end of the fulcrumed lever K is applied a catch-hook It, which engages a downwardly-extending lug t' at the front end of a horizontally-reciproeating rack if, its slotted rear end 71.3 being guided'on a pin It* on the upper plate, as

shown in Figs. 2l, 24:, and 25.4 The recipro- 95 eating rack ft2 is moved in forward direction by the leverK when the same is operated byy the compound cam N in the manner before described. During the forward motion of the rack no action is exerted on the power-shifting mechanismybut during the return motion of the fulcruined lever K from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 21 to its normal or starting-position the rack /t2 is moved in backward direction, so that it engages with and rotates a pinion ./tr, that is placed loosely on a pivot-pin t, which is supported on` the upper plate of the stationary bridge A, extending between the supportingstandards A A3 ofv the cross-head and eye bending devices. To the pinion /af is attached, by means of suitable fastening-pins, a disk if, which carries a pivoted and spring-actuated pawl 7L, that engages a ratchet-wheel L. The ratchet-wheel it" is placed loosely on the same pivot Il as the pinion if and connected by fastening-pins t1,with the under side of asegmental cam if, that is superposed above the ratchet-wheel. The segmental cam lt is located between the raised and curved cheeks k12 on the shanks of two levers tl, that are lOO pivoted at their rear ends to a stationary lf3 and produces thereby, by the lateral motion of the lever', the shifting of the transverse rod fr, under the tension of the spring tl exerted on the other lever, from the position shown in dotted lines into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 251-. As the segmental cam it under the influence of the transmitting mechanism, consisting of rack if, pinion and pawland-ratchet device /Ls ig, makes one-half of a` rotation it will when it arrives at the end of its motion engage the raised portion on the shank of the opposite lever, so that the levers assume the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 24. During the shifting motion of the levers la the upright center pin r on the laterally-shifting rod fr is placed in position between the ends of -the levers, so as to be engaged by the same and produce thereby the lateral shifting of the rod r, so that one of its heads r2 or the other is brought into engagement with the sliding sleeve B or B on theshaft C or C. By the next forward motion of the main lever K the bending device with which the head r2 is then in mesh is operated, while the other bendingdevice remains at rest. By the forward motion of the main lever K, however, the rack has been moved forward by the hooks L L, so that by the4 neXt return motion of the main leverand theconsequent actuating of the power-shifting device the lateral motion of the levers 7f3 and.

the shifting of the transverse rod r, with itshead rinto mesh with the sleeve on the shaft of the other bending device is produced, and thereby the second bending device operated while the bending device just operated is at rest. The laterally-shifting motion of the heads, by which they are alternately thrown Vinto en gagement with the sliding sleeve of the shaft of the cross-head or the sliding sleeve of thev eye-bending device, takes place alternately by the automatic actionof the `power-shifting mechanism. A second shiftingrod r', which is carried by the upper forked end of the lever K', as shown in Figs. 10, 23, and 24, is provided with a central collar 117, having a downwardly-extending pin rs, which is engaged by the forked end of a lever fr, .that is fulcrumed to the lower plate of the bridge A6 and connected by a pin rw at lits opposite end with a second fulcrumed lever ru, the opposite forked end of which is engaged by the lower end of the pin 77 of the slide-rod fr. Thisdouble-lever connection r9 r11 of the rod i with the rod r', shifts the latter simultaneously with the former, so -as to engage by its heads r3 either the sliding sleeve B3 on the shaft C orthe sliding sleeve B4 on the shaftC and produce the actuation of the shank-'twisting mechanisms of the cross-v head or eye after they are bent by their bending mechanisms. The lower end of the pin r6 of the laterally-shifting rod o also engages the forked end of a third downwardly-bent lever 7112, that extends in forward direction and is fulcrumed to 'the table A in :front of the lever K, as lshown in' Figs. 2.1 and-23. The lever 'P12 engages by its slotted -frontfend a pivot Ona fourth lever r, that is also fulcrumed to the table A and pivotally connected by its downwardly-bent front end with the U-shaped keeper nl, which carries the laterally-shifting rod n (shown in Figs. 3, 11, and 23) on the front end of the elbow-lever n, so as to produce simultaneously with the shifting of the rods r and r the shifting of the rod n, and thereby by one or the otherycrumed atv their lower ends to the upright standard A5. i arm isprovided with parallel ribs if',v to which The lower end lofeach ejectoris hinged a spring-actuated latch 252, that projects inwardly beyond the inner edge of the ejeetor-arm and that is rounded at the inner end, so as to be engaged by a horizontallyreciprocating slide-piece t3, which is guided in va vertical slot 254 on the standard A5 at right angles to the latter. The front end of the reeiprocatingA slide-piece t3 is straight and then inclined in downward direction, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 12. The front end ofthe slide-piece t3 engages the spring-actuated latch 152 on the ejector-arm when moved in forward direction, so as to turn the latch sidewise into the' position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 17. The latch is swung forward against the tension of its spring from its normal position between the ribs t until the front end of the slide-piece t2 permits it to swing' back again into its former position. Onthe return motion of the slide-'piece ,its the inclinedI portion to of the front end engages the latch t2 and IOO IIO

moves it, with the ejector-arm, quickly in lat-A eral direction into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 15, so as to eject the bent bale-wire, which is moved quickly along the curved and inclined upper edge of the ejectorarm t. As soon as the ejecting action has taken place the ejector-arm t is returned with ythe latch t2 by its helical spring t5 into itsnor- The rethesleeves after the twisting operation of the shanks is accomplished, so as to quickly actuate the ejectors during the return motion, throw thereby the bent wire bale-ties to either side of the machine, and then return the ejector-arms into their normal position.

Operation: The operation of my improved machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties takes place as follows: After inserting the wire-blank .e into position in the guide devices and cross-head-bending meehanism, asshown in Fig. 26, and placing the power-belt on the pulley P the treadle is depressed so that the compound cam is turned, and thereby the main lever K moved into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. By the oscillation of the main lever K the sliding sleeve C is shifted on themain shaft B, so as to operate by the intermediate motion-transmitting mechanism the bending-levers andthe hook-forming die and bend thereby the end of the wire-blank z into the shape of the crosshead4 shown in Fig. 31. The end of the wireblank is first bent around the bending-pin by the action of theraised bending-lever, after which the l'iook-forming die commences to move; but it does not act on the wire-blank until the bending motion performed by the bending-lever is nearly completed, so as to preventthereby any shifting or unusual strain on the wire-blank when the hook-forming die commences its work. Simultaneously with the action of the hook-forming die the second bending-.lever is actuated, so as to complete thereby the shape of the cross-head. As soon as the end of the Wire-blank is bent over the retaining-latch, lugs, andkeepcrs act on the bent-over end and hold it in position for the action of the bending-levers and hook-forming die. The wire-blank, as well as the completed cross-head, is thereby securely held against any lateral movement during the subsequent clamping and twisting operations. As soon as the bending operation is completed the shank of the cross-head is taken hold of by the clamping devices ready for the operation of the shank-twisting mechanism. The bending of the wire into the form of a crosshead, the clamping of the shank of the same, and the twisting of the shank are so timed as to take place in proper succession by the actionof thecompound cam N on the main levers K K and onthe clamping devices and shank-twisting mechanisms, as herein described. On the return of the main lever K and the bending devices into their normal or starting positions the cross-head at the end of the wire bale-tie is released from the bending devices by the spring-actuated and laterally-movable pusher and made ready for the action ofthe ejector, which is operated by the return motion of the sliding sleeve B, so as to throw the bale-tie,with the cross-head formed thereon, quickly sidewise out of the machine. Simultaneously with the return of the actuating main levers K K/ into their former position and the realinement of the shaft C with the clamping devices the power-shifting mechanism is operated by the lever K in the manner before described, and thereby the power shifted by the shiftable heads of thelevers K K from theshaft C of the cross-headbending devices to the shaft C of the eyebending devices, the shaft C remaining in a position of rest. By the next oscillating motion of the main levers K K by the compound `cam the shifting sleeve B on the main shaft C is moved in forward direction, so as to act on a second wire-blank inserted into the eyebending devices and bend its end back, which is then taken hold of by the clamping devices `and the shank, then next twisted by the action of the shank-twisting mechanism. `turn motion of the levers K and K into their `normal position the ejector of the wire bale- By the retie just bent is operated by the sleeve B and the bale-tie with the eye bent at the end thereof ejected automatically to the opposite side ofthe machine. The return motion of the main lever-K produces again the operatlon of the power-shifting mechanism,` s0 as to place `automatically-operated power-shifting mechanism. Itis obvious, however, that one machine may be made with two cross-head-bending devices and another machine with two eyebending devices, each of which machines is operated alternately by its powershifting mechanism in the same manner as in themachine hereinbefore described.

The improved machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties has the advantage that by the automatic actuation of its operative parts and the automatic shifting of the power from the shaft of the cross-headbending devices to the shaft of the eye-bending devices after themachine is started by the depression of a foot-operated treadle a very large number of bale-ties can `be completed `within a given time, the machine requiring only one attendant forfeeding the wire-blanks alternately to the bending devices, while the remaining operations are accomplished by the automatic action of the machine.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination, with separate cross-head and eye bending de- IOO IIO

vices arranged sidewise of each other, of a Tower-shifting mechanism located between the same adapted to throw alternately one or the other of the bending devices into or out of operation, substantially as set forth.

' 2. In a machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination, with separate cross-head and eye bending devices arranged sidewise of each other, of wire-clamping devices in line with said bending devices, and a power-shifting mechanism located between said bending and wire-clam ping devices and adapted to throw one set of bending and wire-clamping devices or the other into or out of operation, substantially as set forth.

3. In a machine for bending the cross-heads andeyes of wire bale-ties, the combination, with separate cross-head and eye bending devices, arranged sidewise of each other, separate Wire-clamping devices in line with the bending' devices andshank-twisting mechanisms of a power-shifting mechanism, located between said bending devices and wire-clamping devices and' adaptedl to throw alternately one or the other ofthe bending and clamping devices and vthe shank-twisting devices into or out of operation, substantially set forth.

4. In a machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination, withseparate cross-head and eye bending devices, separate wire-clamping devices in line therewith, shank-twisting mechanisms and ejecting devices, of a power-shifting mechanism located between said bending and wireclamping devices and adapted to throw one set or the other of the bending, 'wire-clamping, shank-twisting, and ejecting devices into or out of operation, substantially as set forth.

5. In a machine forbending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination of a supporting-plate for the cross-head-bending devices, a center pin on 'the same, a primary bending-lever, means for rotating the same, a second bending-lever, a hook-bending lever, means for operating the hook-bending` leverl at the propel' time, a stationary hook-bending pinon the supporting-plate, retaining devices for the cross-head arranged on the primary and hook-bending levers, a transversely guided and spring actuated pusher, and means for operating the-pusher at the proper time for releasing the finished cross-head from the bending devices, substantially as set forth.

6. In a machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of Wire bale-ties, the combi-nation, of a su pporting-plate for the cross-head-bending devices, a center pin on the same, a primary bending-lever, means for=rotating the same, a.

second bending-lever below the primary lever, a fulcrumed hook-bending lever provided with a cam for actuating the second bendinglever, means .for rotating the hook-bendinglever, keepers on' the primary and hook-bending levers for retaining the wire-blank during the bending operation, a stationary hookbending pin on the supporting-plate, a transversely-guided and spring-actuated latch, a cheek on the primary bending-lever for en gaging said latch, a laterally-guided and springactuated pusher, and means for actuating said pusher and releasing the'linished cross-head at the proper time after the bending devices are returned into their initial position, substantially as set forth. A Y Y 7. In a machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wirebale-ties, the combination, with a supporting-plate for the bending devices, of a primary bending-lever pivoted to said plate, a center pin on said plate, a second i bending-lever below the stationary hook-bending pin, al hook-bending lever fulcrumed to Ithe supporting-plate, a cam on said lever for operating the `second bending-lever, means for rotating the Vhook-bending lever independently of the primary lever, keepers on the primary and hook-bending levers for retaining the 'bent-over Wire in position, recessed lugs on 'the ends of the primary and hook-bending levers, and a laterally-guided and spring-actuated pusher for releasing the finished crosshead at the proper time, substantially as set forth. Y

, 8. In a machinev for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination,

with separate cross-head and eye bending devices and mechanism foroperating the same, said bending devices being arranged sidewise of eachother, of a power-shifting mechanism located between said bending devices,and composed of a rack-and-pinion mechanism operland eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination,

with separate cross-head and eye bending devices arranged sidewise of each other and mechanism for actuating the same, of a powershifting mechanism located between said bending devices and operated by said actuating 'mechanism, said power-shifting mechanism consisting of a rack and pinion, an intermediate pawl-and-ratchet mechanism operated by said pinion, a cam connected with the pawland-ratchet mechanism, pivoted and springactuated levers, actuated Y'alternately by said cam, and laterally-shiftable heads actuated by said levers and adapted to be placed alternately in engagement with the cross-head or eye bending devices for operating one or the other, substantially as set forth.

l0. In a machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination, with separate cross-head and eye bending de- IOO IIO

vices arranged sidewise of each other, their shafts,and mechanism for actuating said bend- -ing devices, of separate Wire-clamping'devices in line with said bending devices, shanktwisting devices connected with the shafts of said bending devices, a power-shifting mechanisrn between said bendingI devices, three sets of laterally -shifting heads operated by said power shifting mechanism, one set for the bending, one for clampingand one for the shank-twisting devices, lever connections between the power-shifting mechanism and the heads of the bending and wire-clampingdevices, and clutch connections between `the shank-twisting devices and their heads for throwing one set or the other set of the bending, clam ping and shank-twisting devices into or out of operation, Vsubstantially as set forth.

11. YIn a machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties,the combination, with the cross-head and eye bending devices their shafts and mechanism for actuating said bending devices, of wire-clamping devices in line with the bending devices, shank-twisting mechanism, applied to the shafts of the bending devices, means for throwing the wireclamping and shank-twisting de-vices into `operation after the cross-head or eye bending devices are actuated, means for returning the bending, wire-clamping and shank-twisting devices and their actuating mechanisms into their initial or starting positions, and means for locking the shafts of the bending devices in line with the wire-clamping devices on their return into their initial position, substantially as set forth.

12. VIn a machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination of shafts supported parallel with each other, cross-head and eye bending devices supported on the heads of said shafts, mechanisms for actuating said bending devices, a powershifting mechanism between said shafts, and means connecting said power-shifting mechanism with the actuating mechanism of said bending devices for alternately operating the same, substantially as set forth.

13. In amachine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination, with separate cross-head and eye bending devices and their shafts, arranged sidewise of each other, of sliding sleeves on said shafts, means between said sleeves and the bending devices for actuating the latter, an oscillating lever having a forked upper end, laterallyshiftable heads supported on said forked end, and a power-shifting mechanism engaging said heads and shifting them alternately into engagement with the sleeves of the cross-head or eye bending devices, substantially as set forth.

14. In a machine for bending cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination, with separate cross-head and eye bending devices and their shafts, arranged sidewise of each other, of two sets of sliding`sleeves on substantially as set forth.

15; ln a machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination,

`with separate cross-head and eye bending devices and their shafts, arranged sidewise of each other, of sliding sleeves on said shafts,

means between said sleeves and the bending devices for actuating the latter, an oscillating lever, laterally-shiftable heads supported on the upper end of said lever, wire-clampingdevices in line with the bending devices, means for actuating said wire-clamping devices at the proper time, laterally-shiftable heads engaging the actuating means of the wireclam ping levers, a power-shifting mechanism,

and means for connecting it alternately with the shiftable heads of the bending and wireclamping devices, substantially as set forth.

16. In a machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination, with separate cross-head and eye bending devices and their shafts, arranged sidewise of each other, of sliding sleeves on said shafts, means between said sleeves and the bending devices for actuating thelatter, an oscillating lever, laterally-shiftable heads supported on the upper end of said lever, separate wireclamping devices in line with the bending devices, oscillating` ejectors arranged adjacentto said wire-clamping devices, means for actuating said wire-clamping devices at the proper time, laterally-shiftable heads connected with the actuating means of the wire-clamping devices, a power-shifting mechanism operated by the oscillating lever, means between the power-shifting mechanism and the laterallyshiftable heads of the bending and wire-clamping devices for alternately actuating one set or the other, and means connecting the sliding sleeves with the ejectors for actuating one or the other after the bending and wire-clam ping devices have been operated, substantially as set forth.

17. In a machine for bending the cross-heads and eyes of wire bale-ties, the combination, with cross-head and eye bending, wire-clamping, shank-twisting, and ejecting devices, and oscillating levers for operating said devices, of a power-shifting mechanism consisting of a rack and pinion, operated by one of said levers, a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism operated IOC) IIO 

